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Except it's not really the "same old stuff." Ruff is finally getting a full camp, not shuttling off to Europe in a rush. Most here would scoff at that mattering, just like the scoff at anything the Sabres do.

Nope. Can’t have bribery probes of your border czar, now can we. Go after political enemies for no reason, but gotta shut down any probe with legitimate aims. https://apple.news/AeNEuSf91SoeDp3GM3KQ9jw

IMO you bring up valid points and I think it’s valid to let them outweigh the hope for this team. A lot of people feel renewed optimism right before a season begins. In the case of the Sabres there has been too much mismanagement to think anything will be different. My view is the defense is better on paper and everything else is reshuffling deck chairs. Likely the organization is going to hope things just work out instead of getting proven players for roles. Same old stuff with likely same old results until proven otherwise.

Good heavens. Best wishes. Hopefully the Bruins treat you right.

Is it? Some folks would rather be right. I don't spend my day being negative.

Yeah, when we drafted him, I had something on my mind of the Anaheim ducks having Pronger - Niedermayer on their defence winning the cup.

Krueger's handling of the multi-talented Dahlin has to be the worst coaching stifling effect on a player that I have seen. Once Granato took over it was like an immediate liberation of an imprisoned player. The lesson to be learned is that when you hire a charlatan you get a charlatan.

Regarding those other GMs, you may be assuming that Adams and Co. would trade him in the first place if they all came knocking nor do we know what his perceived potential is by other GMs around the league anyway. As for what everyone here would package him with and for whom, while amusing, it has no basis in reality at this point. My point about Power is this: while it’s nice that he might help fetch a player like Robertson, Robertson is fully formed and at his ceiling already. If Power reaches his ceiling, he will be every bit as good a Dman as Robertson is a forward and imo, Dmen that good are more valuable to a team. Agree entirely that Power needs to show improvement otherwise any point I have is moot.

Well here's something positive for the Sabres. After watching the Bruins today I'm pretty confident the Sabres won't finish last in the division.

Clifton’s head scratching tendencies was well noted when he was acquired

If Kesselring sucks, it is because of Wilford and Ruff. Just like when Dahlin sucked it was all Barg Kruger

Yeah. However improved any defense is you still need decent goaltending. We’ll know by mid November. It would some crazy stuff if things clicked and they went six or seven games in the first round.

I hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

If UPL falters and isn’t quickly replaced, this team is cooked. At a minimum, we need average goaltending. If we don’t get it, the ship will again sink.

I also hoped for second liner. Maybe Quinn, Benson, Kulich, and Norris will make up for Peterka’s lost production. Hopefully the new defense compensates for if UPL sucks again.

If the rest of the NHL GMs thought this then we could trade Power straight up for Robertson or other players of his ilk. Yet everyone here packages him with first rounders and top prospects. This is the year that Power has to make a significant improvement in his game.

I don’t think it’s a majority disagreement on what the country shouldn’t be. I think there is a very loud minority of voices from multiple sides that try (and successfully) to spin people up. I definitely think there are people who want things to continue spinning out of control. The purpose being to burn down what is to make way for what they think the country should be. Their openness for violence and suffering come from lack of experiencing what that looks like. They themselves are mentally, emotionally, and physically unprepared for what they seek because those environments take a toll. Trust me.

We can harp on the goaltending but I don’t see any goaltending keeping an ounce of confidence playing behind the defense and forwards we’ve had lately. Not saying UPL will jump to heroic heights, but him getting to average May just come from the defensive changes

I checked out the arena in Kirkcaldy this spring while travelling and golfing in the area. It is quite the old franchise, 1934 or thereabouts.

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That's right and precisely why I made the comment. It's not so much about upgrading for me, it's that we need everything we have and one more not decent, excellent forward. Id consider trading for him but I don't think giving anything up at least in the top 6-8 work for me. Prospects in Rochester and picks, yes I would, but that's not going to get him.

Since our inception as a nation, our people, regardless of party, have never agreed on what America should be, but we never had a problem agreeing, regardless of party, on what it shouldn’t be. Until now.